Word: microprocessor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thoman, an IBM senior vice president: "We believe no one should have to wonder about the integrity of data calculated on IBM PCs." Some industry observers suggested that IBM may have had ulterior motives for knocking Intel's quality, since Big Blue will begin selling the competing Power PC microprocessor next spring, but the computer maker insisted it was only trying to protect its customers...
Without question, these machines are fast. While the Power Macintosh desktop is functionally identical to that of the typical Motorola 68040-based Mac, under the hood the new series is fueled by the PowerPC 601. This is a RISC (reduced instruction set computing) microprocessor that claims to yield "two to four times the performance of today's Intel 1486 and Motorola 680x0-based personal computers," according to an Apple press release...
...also get a high-speed faxmodem at the Egghead Software store located at 1000 Mass. Ave. Manufactured by Intel, the company best known for its microprocessor products, these faxmodems feature 14,400 bits per second (bps) transfer rates for both data and fax transmissions and are ideal for dialing up to husc systems as well as sending out faxes directly from your (or your recipient's) computer...
...turns out that to use NT, you need a lot of RAM and a large hard drive, not to mention a lightning-fast microprocessor...
...taking advantage of NT's powerful features--or just making its performance acceptable--calls for something like a 486DX2 microprocessor (i.e., the "double-clocked" type), 16 MB of RAM, and as big a hard drive as you can lay your hands on. A CD-ROM drive, albeit not yet a necessity, will certainly make your life under NT more enjoyable, as will a large color monitor that supports Super VGA video...